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- Dictionaryostracize/ˈɒstrəsʌɪz/
verb
- 1. exclude from a society or group: "she was declared a witch and ostracized by the villagers"
- 2. (in ancient Greece) banish (an unpopular or overly powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote: "Themistocles was indeed out of favour at Athens by the end of the 470s, when he was ostracized"
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to prevent someone from being part of a group because you dislike the person or disapprove of something the person has done: She was ostracized by fellow officers after bringing charges against her partner. ostracism. noun [ U ] us / ˈɑs·trəˌsɪz·əm / Those who refused to conform risked ostracism.
1. : to exile by ostracism. Despite his victories, Themistocles was ostracized by the Athenians. 2. : to exclude from a group by common consent. a lonely dissenter, ostracized as an enemy of the people Robert Brustein. Did you know? Ostracize Has Greek Roots.
to prevent someone from being part of a group because you dislike the person or disapprove of something the person has done: She was ostracized by fellow officers after bringing charges against her partner. ostracism. noun [ U ] us / ˈɑs·trəˌsɪz·əm / Those who refused to conform risked ostracism.
ostracize in British English. or ostracise (ˈɒstrəˌsaɪz ) verb (transitive) 1. to exclude or banish (a person) from a particular group, society, etc. 2. (in ancient Greece) to punish by temporary exile. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
ostracize somebody to refuse to let somebody be a member of a social group; to refuse to meet or talk to somebody synonym shun. He was ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to support the strike. The regime risks being ostracized by the international community.
1. to exclude or banish (a person) from a particular group, society, etc. 2. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Greece) to punish by temporary exile. [C17: from Greek ostrakizein to select someone for banishment by voting on potsherds; see ostracon] ˈostracism n. ˈostraˌcizable, ˈostraˌcisable adj. ˈostraˌcizer, ˈostraˌciser n.
If you banish someone or ignore him, you ostracize him. When the Iranian president claimed that the Holocaust was a hoax, he was ostracized by the international community.
to refuse to let someone be a member of a social group; to refuse to meet or talk to someone synonym shun He was ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to support the strike. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
OSTRACIZE definition: When a group of people ostracizes someone, they refuse to talk to or do things with that person: . Learn more.
Ostracize definition: to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.. See examples of OSTRACIZE used in a sentence.
